FreeHand 4.1 ReadMe for Windows

This ReadMe contains information that supplements the printed and 
online materials. 

NOTE:
Under no circumstances should you delete the file LANGUAGE.TXT, unless 
you plan to no longer use FreeHand.


CORRECTIONS TO THE FREEHAND 4.1 USER MANUAL

Page 188: "OLE: Object linking and embedding (Windows)"
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When you want to paste a FreeHand object into another 
program as an OLE-linked object, be sure to save the FreeHand 
illustration in which you created the object before you copy the 
object to the Clipboard. If you do not save the illustration, the 
object will not link to the destination program.

Page 201: "To convert an earlier-version illustration to version 4.1"
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To convert a FreeHand 3.x file in Windows, after Step 1 choose
"FreeHand 3.0/3.1 files" in the "List files of type" drop-down list. 
Then continue with Step 2.

Page 166-167: "Simulating a transparent object"
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An easier technique for simulating transparency was added to the 
program after the User Manual was printed. 

To simulate a transparent path:
1. Select two closed, overlapping paths that have 
   "Basic" fills applied to them. 
2. Press Alt as you choose "Intersect" from the 
   "Path operations" submenu on the Arrange menu.
3. Specify the transparancy of the object in front, and 
   then click "OK." FreeHand creates a new object 
   in front of the two overlapping objects. Tip: if the object in front 
   is lighter, use a number below 50%. If the object in front is darker, 
   use a number above 50%.


EPS FILE ISSUES 

If you created an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file using the 
Windows version of FreeHand (or another Windows or MS-DOS
program), transferred it to the Macintosh, and you cannot locate the
file using the "Open..." or "Place..." command in FreeHand for the Macintosh, 
make sure the filename ends with an ".EPS" extension.

An EPS file created in FreeHand 4.1, with the FreeHand 
illustration embedded, cannot be placed in an illustration created 
in Aldus FreeHand 2.0 for the Macintosh.

An EPS file created in FreeHand 4.1, with the FreeHand 
illustration embedded, cannot be opened in Aldus PrePrint 1.5.1 for 
the Macintosh.

To open a FreeHand 4.1 file in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe 
Dimensions, use the Adobe Illustrator 3.0 export format. 


TEXT 

Overprinting text
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By default, FreeHand overprints black text. 

To manually control overprinting of text, or to overprint text that 
is not black:
1. Select the Text tool, then select the text 
   you want to overprint.
2. Display the Fill or Stroke Inspector.
3. Check "Overprint" to turn it on.


FONTS 

Displaying fonts properly in palettes and menus
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If fonts in palettes and menus display badly in FreeHand,
try a setting that uses small fonts in your Windows 3.1 display 
driver. Settings using large fonts may not display well in 
FreeHand. 

To use small fonts in palettes and menus, open the Main program 
group and double-click Windows Setup. Choose "Change System 
Settings..." from the Options menu and then select a Display option 
that uses small fonts and is appropriate for your video card and 
monitor.

If the dialog boxes and windows display blocky bitmapped fonts, 
make sure the fonts files SMALLE.FON and SMALLF.FON are in your 
Windows system directory.


COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WHEN TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN 
PROGRAMS 

Chapter 8 of the "FreeHand 4.1 User Manual" describes important
considerations when importing or exporting files between 
FreeHand and other programs. By studying the techniques and
methods in that chapter, you will avoid many problems. Additional 
considerations follow. 

Adobe Illustrator 1.1 file format
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Objects you create in Adobe Illustrator and save in Adobe 
Illustrator 1.1 format may not import to FreeHand 4.1 as 
expected. For better results, try using Adobe Illustrator 88 or 3.0.
When you save an Adobe Illustrator object in Adobe Illustrator 1.1 
format:
-- A text block with multiple text attributes 
   imports as multiple text blocks.
-- Text imports separately from the text block. Text 
   becomes a group and its associated text block 
   becomes a rectangle. The two are then grouped 
   together. If text attributes change, all of the 
   text blocks are grouped together before they 
   are grouped with the rectangle.
-- Text blocks always import with word and letter 
   spacing of 100%. 
-- Text blocks always import with a letter spacing 
   of 0% for regular type and 50% for boldface type. 
   Also, if text with a larger letter spacing flows 
   between lines, it is not reflowed from the lower 
   line to the upper line. 

In addition, Illustrator 1.1 format does not convert the following:
arrowheads; compound paths; fully justified text; inhibit 
hyphenation; insets; keeping lines together or on the same line; 
leading after a paragraph; paragraph spacing below; linked text, 
columns and rows; text effects; text wrap-around value; masked 
objects; word and letter spacing with minimum, optimum, and maximum
percentage (just single-value word and letter spacing); multiple 
pages; RGB colors; color names; overprinting; patterned fills and
strokes; and tiled fills and strokes. 

Placing a CorelDRAW! Windows metafile
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If you place a Windows metafile (.WMF) created by CorelDRAW!, you 
may not be able to place it by clicking the loaded icon in your 
FreeHand illustration. Instead, drag the loaded icon to 
the size you want the metafile to be in your illustration. 

Placing a DXF file
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If you place a .DXF file, arcs and circles do not import correctly. You may 
achieve better results by using a utility to convert the file to .CGM format 
before placing it in FreeHand 4.1.

Exporting to FreeHand 3.1 file format
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If you export an illustration containing more than one TIFF image 
from FreeHand for the Macintosh or Windows to the version 
3.1 format, and you open the illustration in Aldus FreeHand 3.1 for 
Windows, you may only be asked to re-link the first TIFF image as 
the illustration opens. The program will ask you to re-link the 
remaining unlinked TIFF images only when you print. If each TIFF 
image is stored in a different directory, version 3.1 will prompt 
you properly. One side effect of this is that you may not be able 
to preview TIFF images until you relink them at print time. 

Exporting as an EPS file
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If you export a path that uses the "Pattern" stroke type as an 
EPS file, the stroke width of the pattern stroke does not scale 
when you resize the EPS file in another program.

Exporting color to a Windows metafile
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If you export a FreeHand illustration as a Windows 
metafile and it contains unnamed colors, the unnamed colors will 
shift. To preserve the integrity of colors in exported metafiles, 
name all the colors in your illustration before exporting. 

Exporting as a TIFF file
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-- If you export a FreeHand illustration as a TIFF 
   file, the exported file includes all objects on all pages and on 
   the pasteboard. The outermost objects in the illustration determine 
   the dimensions of the TIFF file. 

-- To save time and memory, decide which objects you want to export as 
   a TIFF file, copy only those objects into an otherwise empty 
   FreeHand illustration, and then export the TIFF file from the new 
   illustration. 

-- If you export a FreeHand illustration as a TIFF 
   file, in the "TIFF export" dialog box select a bit depth that is 
   supported by your video display adapter, otherwise the exported TIFF 
   file will display unsatisfactorily. For example, if your display 
   adapter supports only 8-bit color, do not select 24-bit color.


USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 

When keyboard shortcuts have no effect
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If you use a keyboard shortcut and it has no effect, the illustration
window may not be the active window. Some keyboard shortcuts require
that the illustration window be active. The title bar of an active 
window or palette displays the "Active Title Bar" color as set in 
the Color Control Panel in the Main program group in Program Manager.
Try either of the following keyboard shortcuts to activate the 
illustration window:
-- Press Enter.
-- Press Control+Tab to cycle through windows and 
   palettes until the illustration window is active.

"Save as..." keyboard shortcut conflicts with After Dark
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FreeHand uses Control+Shift+S for "Save as...." This is the same as
the default keyboard shortcut set to turn on sleep mode in Berkeley
Systems After Dark screen saver.

To change After Dark's keyboard shortcut:
1. Open After Dark, click "Setup..." and then 
   click "Hot Key...."
2. Either uncheck "Sleep Hot Key" or specify a 
   new keyboard shortcut that does not conflict 
   with any keyboard shortcut in the programs you use.
3. Click "OK" to exit the dialog box, and then click 
   "OK" again. Then minimize After Dark.


PRINTING ISSUES

Apple LaserWriter IIg paper sizes
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If you have trouble printing to the Apple LaserWriter IIg printer, 
check the selected paper size. Each paper size is listed in three 
ways, for example:
-- US Letter(Letter.8Meg)
-- US Letter(Letter.4Meg)
-- US Letter(Letter.5Meg)

Select the paper size that corresponds to the amount of memory in 
your printer. For example. (Letter.8Meg) if your LaserWriter IIg 
has 8 megabytes of RAM installed.

Printer-specific features
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To adjust settings for printer-specific features not displayed in 
the Print Options dialog box in FreeHand (such as 
duplexing):
1. In your illustration, choose "Printer setup..." 
   from the File menu.
2. Click "Setup," and adjust settings.

Printing to PCL Printers
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FreeHand is primarily a PostScript output program. 
In order to get an accurate printed preview of the file, use 
a PostScript device for proofing. PostScript custom fills will 
print only to a PostScript device: they will print as gray or 
black solid fills when printed to a PCL printer.

Other known problems when using PCL printers:

PCL-5E
-- Set the driver to Raster Graphics mode, 
   not HPGL-2
-- Performance will be somewhat slower printing 
   to PCL-5E than PCL-5. If faster printing performance
   is desired, target the printer as a PCL-5 device,
   such as the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III. If you do 
   this, however, some device-specific options, such as 
   600 dpi printing, will not be available.

PCL-5C
-- File sizes may be very large.
-- FreeHand does not work with Hewlett-Packard 
   ColorSmart. Instead, select "Manual Color" in the 
   Printer Setup dialog box.
-- Printing may be slow. If your printer has a 
   PostScript option, select that rather than PCL-5C.
-- Scaling using the print driver will cause the image 
   to shift and may crop the image. Scale objects in 
   the illustration file to achieve the desired result.
-- Radial fills will print as black circles or with 
   small line fragments, depending on the printer you use.
-- To print radial and graduated fills correctly, set the 
   "UsePCL5cPrintMode" preference located in your 
   preferences file (FHPREFS.TXT) to "yes."

PCL-3
-- Bitmap pattern fills, PostScript custom fills, and 
   transformed text that is pasted inside an object will 
   print incorrectly.

Fax printing
-- FreeHand does not print to Delrina WinFax PRO 
   or Intel FAXibility software.


Troubleshooting program startup
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If you have trouble starting FreeHand because the program 
cannot enable OLE features, you can try these techniques to resolve the 
problem: 
-- Make sure your AUTOEXEC.BAT file includes a line that runs the DOS file-
   sharing extension SHARE.EXE. In many cases this alone solves the problem.
-- Delete the file WINDOWS\REG.DAT.
-- Reinstall the files WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLECLI.DLL and 
   WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLESVR.DLL.


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